[Old School]

You work for one company. You might want to check out some of mines that are doing all the hiring, that are bringing the numbers up to record numbers in the last fourteen years from the link. The numbers are in black and white at the link.

The fact of the matter is, that hiring in the mining industry is at a 14 year high. That tells one of two things, you all either are ignorant of the facts, or you blatantly give false information.

Yes I work for only one coal company, I found that working for more than one was too much for me to handle.:biggrin: I have many friends that work for other coal companies and they are in the same position, one will be out of surface permits within 3 months, another has about 2 years left and the others are in between those two. FYI we are also hiring, employees are leaving us for other companies that have a longer life and we have to fill those positions to maintain our production. If you compare West Virginia's total production (UG and Surface) 165 million for 08 to 144 million for 09, while the number of miners have increased from 20,207 in 08 to 27,892 in 09. This means production per minier has dropped 8,165 tons per year in 08 to 5,162 tons per year in 09. Is this drastic drop due to mining conditions, or new regulations or something else?

These surface mines have to maintain their production levels to fullfill their contracts, so they are hiring more to maintain that level. The fact is existing permits are running out and the EPA is refusing to approve new permits that are minable.

As far as being igorant of the facts, maybe you should do a little research before making comments like you have.